Paul vs Russell

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Phillips

1:28:53 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
498th of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Russell Brown

1:28:53 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
500th of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Paul: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Russell: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PaulRusselledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Paul and Russell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 36%).Russell: strongest on Runs (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).

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Part Paul: faster than Russell: faster than
Ski 55% 52%
Push 45% 32%
Pull 90% 30%
BBJ 42% 63%
Row 73% 45%
Carry 68% 28%
Lunges 38% 48%
Wall balls 48% 10%
Roxzone 59% 44%
Runs 36% 73%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Paul Russell
SkiErg 55% 52%
Sled push 45% 32%
Sled pull 90% 30%
Burpee broad jump 42% 63%
Row 73% 45%
Farmers carry 68% 28%
Sandbag lunges 38% 48%
Wall balls 48% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 59% 44%
Runs (8 km) 36% 73%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:28:53
6:554:305:133:095:283:555:356:015:554:395:401:545:265:515:027:106:38
Russell · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:28:53
4:394:323:423:274:556:084:495:034:494:564:232:294:105:246:0412:077:26
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 45:14 running, 37:10 at the stations and 6:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).Below, Russell · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 44:05 at the stations and 7:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:07).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Russell · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:55 4:39
SkiErg 4:30 4:32
Run 2 5:13 3:42
Sled push 3:09 3:27
Run 3 5:28 4:55
Sled pull 3:55 6:08
Run 4 5:35 4:49
Burpee broad jump 6:01 5:03
Run 5 5:55 4:49
Row 4:39 4:56
Run 6 5:40 4:23
Farmers carry 1:54 2:29
Run 7 5:26 4:10
Sandbag lunges 5:51 5:24
Run 8 5:02 6:04
Wall balls 7:10 12:07
Roxzone 6:38 7:26
Finish 1:28:53 1:28:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Russell Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 7 Mar 2026 1:28:53 1:28:53 level
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